Evaluation of the effectiveness and safety of cupping therapy in the treatment of asthma: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis

Asthma is one of the most common chronic airway diseases and is characterized by wheezing, dyspnea, chest tightness, and coughing. These symptoms reduce the patient's quality of life and limit physical activity in daily life. However, there is no systematic review of the efficacy of cupping the...

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Published in:Medicine (Baltimore) 2021-10, Vol.100 (41), p.e27518-e27518
Main Authors: Guo, Lei, Wang, Lie, Wang, Zhongtian, Wei, Lina, Ding, Lizhong, Kong, Yibu, Liu, Zhimei, Tian, Ye, Yang, Fushuang, Sun, Liping
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asthma - epidemiology
Asthma - psychology
Asthma - therapy
China - epidemiology
Cupping Therapy - adverse effects
Cupping Therapy - methods
Female
Humans
Male
Meta-Analysis as Topic
Quality of Life - psychology
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Research Design
Safety
Study Protocol Systematic Review
Systematic Reviews as Topic
Treatment Outcome
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Summary:Asthma is one of the most common chronic airway diseases and is characterized by wheezing, dyspnea, chest tightness, and coughing. These symptoms reduce the patient's quality of life and limit physical activity in daily life. However, there is no systematic review of the efficacy of cupping therapy in the treatment of asthma. To evaluate the efficacy and safety of cupping in the treatment of asthma, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of published randomized clinical trials of cupping in the treatment of asthma. We will search the following Chinese and English databases: China National Knowledge Infrastructure, China Science and Periodical Database, Wanfang Database, China Biomedical Literature Database, PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library. All of the above electronic databases will be searched from inception to August 22, 2021. In addition, we will manually search for conference papers, ongoing experiments, and internal reports to supplement the studies retrieved via electronic search. We will use the Review Manager 5.4 provided by Cochrane Collaboration Network for statistical analysis. The study will prove the effectiveness and safety of cupping in the treatment of asthma. We plan to submit this systematic review to a peer-reviewed journal. INPLASY202180104.
ISSN:0025-7974
1536-5964
DOI:10.1097/MD.0000000000027518